The most useful 10,000 words in Japanese

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Usefulness Level 4 Vocab 1101-1200

This collection contains 100 words.
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totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. votes)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. average (normal, ordinary) year
2. every year; annually  (see also: 毎年)
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noun
1. existence
noun, noun (prefix)
2. possession; having
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noun
1. error; blunder; accident
2. fault; defect
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ultimate; extreme; final; eventual
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noun
police officer  (see also: 巡査; familiar language; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: がっしゅく
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
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noun
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
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advice; suggestion
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noun
studio
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noun (suffix)
1. from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
2. aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above
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Most common form: まっ先
noun
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
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noun
1. bathing
2. to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
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Most common form: 病む
to fall ill; to be ill
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objection; refutation; rebuttal
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on purpose  (often written with kana only)
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closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
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noun
1. head
2. hair (on one's head)
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noun
1. performance; take; going before an audience or on-air
2. game; season; crucial moment
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'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to fire (e.g. an arrow); to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
2. to free; to release
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drainage
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noun
1. cook; chef  (originally from Dutch 'kok')
2. tap; spigot; faucet; cock
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic
2. to be in a hurry; to rush  (usu. 慌てて)
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noun
neutrality
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noun
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
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noun
1. point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline  (see also: 要領を得る)
2. knack; trick; the ropes
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noun
1. opportunity; chance; occasion; time  (esp. 折)
noun, counter
2. fold; pleat; crease  (esp. 折り)
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noun
1. energy  (see also: エナジー; originally from German 'Energie')
2. strength; power; stamina; get-up-and-go
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report; statement; filing a return; notification
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noun
battlefield; battleground
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regret; repentance; remorse
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noun
1. the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
2. surroundings  (this meaning is restricted to reading しほう, よほう)
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courtroom
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among the mountains
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noun
1. copybook
2. model; pattern
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noun
1. sphere  (mathematics)
suffix, counter
2. counter for balls  (baseball term)
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participation; affiliation
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noun
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
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noun
administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures
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noun
level of humidity
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noun
advantages and disadvantages; interest
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth)
2. to refine; to improve
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noun
dentist
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1. duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation
2. in-law; relation by marriage
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substitution
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noun
(train) conductor
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belief; faith; conviction
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presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
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related; connected; close; intimate
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Most common form: かい
low rank; subordinate; lower order (e.g. byte); low-end
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noun
ticket
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Most common form: しょうめつ
1. extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse
2. annihilation  (physics terminology)
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noun
out
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Most common form:
noun
1. talk; recital
2. narration
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1. entering an institution; beginning training
2. primer; manual; introduction (to)
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vacuum; hollow; empty
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conjunction
however; but  (often written with kana only)
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1. writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
2. expression in writing; notation; surface form; transcription
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encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to overflow; to brim over; to flood  (often written with kana only)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
(season of) winter
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noun
1. equation; formula
2. method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
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stillness; repose; standing still  (opposite: 運動)
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Most common form: いる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in  (see also: 入る, 気に入る, 立ち入る; mainly used in fixed expressions and compound verbs)
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noun
1. equality (esp. of status, on equal terms); equivalence
2. equivalent; equal
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Most common form: へいてん
1. closing up shop (for the day)
2. stopping business; going out of business
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noun
holiday house; villa
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progress; development
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), 'to' adverb
successively; one after another
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marking; grading; scoring  (see also: 添削)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to shine on; to illuminate
2. to compare (with); to refer to
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noun
lawsuit; complaint
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suru verb - special class, intransitive verb
1. to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to contradict  (this meaning is restricted to form 反する)
2. to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to transgress  (this meaning is restricted to form 反する)
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1. firing; shooting; discharge; catapult
2. ejaculation  (slang)
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Most common form: まくら
noun, noun (suffix)
1. pillow; bolster
2. introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
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1. imitating; copying; mimicry
2. behavior; behaviour; action; conduct
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noun
1. steam; vapour; vapor
2. steamship; steamboat; steamer  (see also: 蒸気船; abbreviation)
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declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression; announcement; assertion
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noun
agricultural land; farmland
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restraint; sanctions; punishment
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Most common form: 和歌
noun
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae  (see also: 短歌)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to include (in a group or scope)
2. to instruct; to make one understand
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strict; rigour; rigor; severe; firm; strong; secure
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noun (suffix)
1. lord; sir  (honorific; this meaning is restricted to reading きょう)
noun
2. state minister (i.e. under the ritsuryo system)  (see also: 律令制)
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noun
subsidiary (company)
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early stage
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horse racing
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compensation; reinforcement
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to refrigerate
2. to calm down; to cool off; to regain one's composure; to relax
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metropolitan (i.e. established by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. half; 50%; tie; evenness
2. 5 parts; 5%
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noun
person concerned; interested party; related party
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Most common form: 前以って
in advance; beforehand; previously
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1. reduction; resolution; deoxidization; deoxidation  (see also: 酸化; chemistry term)
2. restoration; return
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Most common form: たより
noun, noun (suffix), 'suru' verb
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter  (pron. だより as a suffix)
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literary style  (linguistics terminology)
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prisoner (of war)
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clerk; secretary
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